Mohamed bin Hammam

As Maradona comes back to Dubai as the Emirate’s newly appointed Honorary Sports Ambassador after being sacked as a coach by the UAE’s Al Wasl in July, Kipp takes you through this year’s most important football news thus far.

Dubai's Emirates has not yet begun discussions on extending its multi-million dollar FIFA sponsorship beyond 2014, it said on Wednesday, after a report quoted an airline official saying the Gulf Arab carrier would not renew the contract.